William sachs



(No Model.)

W. SACHS.

SUSPENDERS.

No. 392,526. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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WILLIAM SACHS, OF BERLIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO LOUIS DILL, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THEMAIN, GERMANY.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,526, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed May 26, 1888. Serial No. 275,185. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SACHS, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, and a resident of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in Trousers- Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My improved trouserssuspenders consist of the elastic cords a a, which are joined to the bar I), fastened tothe front straps, while they run loosely over the rollers r 1' 1*, which are fastened to the back straps, but in other respects are quite distinct from each other, so

that the cords a a are free to move in all their parts and so adjust themselves to the body.

Another improvement therein is the combination of the clasp K with the chain c,which is fastened to the bar b of the suspender A,

which allows of shortening or lengthening the suspender by hooking the clasp K to the links 0 in the chain 0 forthat purpose.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the construction of my improved trousers suspender. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the clasp K and the means for lengthening or shortening the suspender.

Fig. 3 shows a side view of the rollersr r and the manner of holding them in place. Fig. 4 shows a part and section, through the line A B, of one of the hollow elastic cords a. Fig. 5 shows a front side view of a modified form of fastening the cords a a to the crossbars I).

My improved trousers-suspenders are composed of a number of india-rubber cords or tubes, a a a, arranged side by side in the direction of their length. The tubes or cords can ,10 either be covered with any suitable material or else left plain. These separate cords or tubes are bound together at the ends by the cross-pieces Z) I), which form the front part of the suspenders, while at the back side they run freely over the rollers r 'r. The rollers r r are held together by the wire links at m and are fastened to the wire ring 19 by a clip. The leather straps Z Z, for fastening the suspender to the back of the trousers, are also fastened to the ring 19. At the other or front side the ends of the cords c,which are joined by the cross-pieces b b, areprovided each with a chain,

0, having the links 0 0, in which the clasp K hooks. The clasp K is provided with a roller,

it, over which the cord Z runs. This cord Z is provided with the two leather loops t t,which serve to fasten the braces to the front side of the trousers.

Fig. 5 shows ainodification of the fastening of the cords or tubes at to the cross-piece I)", in which the cross-piece b is round, and each of the cords (t is fitted with asmall ring, b, which fits on the bar 11*, and is preventedfrom coming off by the nuts b. The advantage of this arrangement is that if one of the cords a should 6 happen to break it can easily be removed by simply unscrewing the nuts I) and sliding the ring 1)" off the bar If.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A suspender having a series of elastic cords or tubes, or a, in combination with the cross-pieces b b, to which the ends of the cords or tubes are fastened, and with the rollers? 1', over which the cords or tubes are adapted to pass freely, separated from each other, and suitable suspension ends, for the purpose as described.

2. A suspender having a series of elastic 8o cords or tubes, a a, and cross-pieces b b, to which the endsof the cords or tubes are fastened, and the rollers r 7', over which the cords or tubes are adapted to pass freely, separated from each other, and suitable suspension ends, in combi- 8 nation with the clasp K and roller it, over which the cord Z passes, and the chain 0, provided with links 0 o, in which the clasp K is fastened, for the purpose as described.

3. In suspenders, the suspender A, formed 0 of the elastic cords a c, joined to the crosspieces b b at their ends, in combination with the chains c c, with links 0 o, and clasps K K, with rollers n n, and suitable suspension ends, for the purpose as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM SACHS.

Witnesses:

O. MtiHLERs, 13. R01, 

